&99WTfl -V ' 4 " THE CUTTHROAT VOL. 9 SIMONS UNIVERSITIES ABBALEAN TEXIZ A.PRIL 1 JfRIOE 10c o THE OPEN' MANHOLE. PADGINT CHATS. PROF. -AND HIS WID- DER MAKE MERRY. The light brown curly headed brown By AN OLJE SEWER History in many cases does "not give The writer's name may smell bad and much light on the subjects presented in the following news hints should raise a a truthful honest god fearing way. As eyed sheik 0f the' Sociology department big stink but it is the aim of -this col- in the case of Geprgc Washington and or gome woul(i sav Dr Baker's ririit limn to present tne trutn ana.notmng nmany owners wiisoi ana our present but the truth. President of the XJ. S; we find the stu dent body as well as the faculty as a As our feature story this' issue in- whole does not know the truth about our volves our very puritanical production .' "most noble producer of the pjadggeTiti manager of the padgent we have some But. the facts have come tohand as a future associate for the ensuin...

v jail ( f -" . U I I 23EE3C t. t-VH i-i IT t' ! .-a cltf&dffl'C&PtD. "Don't Cry kittle Girt" the road of thie'love II very rough Ahd rugged -like the most elastic watt to the World the heart will ffiend Hild it Will be aS good 4i a new one. 0 course We all would like' to khOW the planj of a man that Used to be in-business (Simmons Cafe) that 18 HOW no longer the proud owner but it is runiOred that he will cast his let in the City of Stanton and form an alliance With Ohe said Butternut. We have not seen any Dodge cars prirked on the roadside but our very- close observer Joe says that the weath- er has been too cold to go through the parlor tricks by the roadside. So this indoor sport has and is being practiced at the present in a more appropriate place. The Jew entry has fell by the way- ide after a daring -finish from Bayou City and the foreign language instruc tor wehfc out West to grow up with the NVX . Vp . I'- A v r. & w ttt v& We could not pass Up the opportuni...

1W.-vH.v- ''" - LH&V .' ' 1 if - . jj; VOLUME XII SIMMONS UNIVERSITY ABILENE SATURDAY APRIL 7 1928 No. 26 2000 West Texans Applaud Galli-Curci In Concert At Simmons Auditorium Monday Evening t-aa: .vOT'.-sy ft r The Branding Iron W. J. POWELL Ever since I have been in Slm mons there have been some things that I have wanted to say but I ' have never had the nerve. I take this opportunity to unbur- den my chest. At the last mooting of the board of trustees Prcxy mado tho an- nouncement that at the begin- nlng of tho next year students ' would bo permitted to smoke cigarettes on the campus and in the buildings and that girls' "would be allowed to go riding on Sunday nights. Ono juicy bit of scandal that has been eating at my heart is; Cop did his duty the other night by catching Lois Underwood and our loved Senior President out riding; he turned them in arid they are out on probation. If it had not been tor the reputation of the institution "Prcxy and tho dean would have kicked the...

THB SIMMONS BRAND Sam Houston McMurry A. C. C. Here Today For Quadrangular Meet W - i - 4 Wdcats Doped To ' Take Another . . Victory Following a week of hard work in a desperate effort to get in shape the Simmons University Cowboys will en- deavor to get even with the A. 0. 0. Wildcats In another track meet on Parramoro Field this afternoon this tlmo a quadrangular affair with Mc- Murry and Sam Houston Normal mak- ing up the other two entries. Having been defeated in the city triangular meet laBt week by about 25 points the Ranchers are in no good humor snd an exciting afternoon Becms to be n storo. j- The strength of tho Sam Houston squad is unknown but it is unlikely 'that they will bo strong enough to take off the meet. In case they do offer unexpected competition tho af- t fair wilt bo' one of tho fastest meets of the year with some of tho best men in the T. T. A. A. and Texas Confer- ence opposed to each other. McMurry should also bo stronger than she was last week and the Wild...

1 1 - : .VOLUME XII SIMMONS UNIVERSITY ABILENE! SATURDAY. APRIL 14 1928 No.. 26 ra R' Lr-V ? f -. V A : y X V K. The r Branding Iron W. J. POWELL A cartoon says that "Life's Darkest Moment" is when a boy learns that the pretty bottles'-on a barber's stand often contain .only -water. The cartoon is wrong; Life's darkest moment is when the boy grows to be a man.and finds- that the pretty bottles do not contain any thing that will growhalr. I know. Tho. only thing that Itremember .from freshman English Is the narrative "The End; of the Line." I never got' the. full significance of that until I saw Chesty Jenson .going to .tho end of. the line every iday-and -taking a walk there after. o I fear that Simmons and Den- ton arc going to havo a "sweat" day on Parramoro Field April 20. . If . publicity costs anything (Frank Rainwater said' that it cost him his name and cornet) tho U. S. Senators will; owe the newspapers billions of dollars for their Illegal connection with .oil deals. At leas...

N " V TBS SIMMONS BRAND T. C. U. Tracksters Clash With Local Colleges This Afternoon y IFrogs and Wildcats '. Will Battle y " For Lead. " Athletes from the Southwestern .Conefcrcnco Texas Conference and tho T. I. A. A. will bo pitted against each other this afternoon on Parra- moro Field when the T. C. U. Horned Progs Ar'C. C. Wildcats McMurry Indians and Simmons University Cowboys meet in a quadrangular track meet beginning promptly at 2:30. Given good weather this combination should turn in some of tho best rec- ords of tho year and a large crowd is expected to be on hand to see tho fun. The main attraction on the T. C. U. squad is McCorkle speedy dash man who is expected to mop up on tho vaunted flashes of tho A. C. C. cref. With Stevens to push him Mc- Corkle will have plenty of competi- tion and will havo to show about all ho has to cop off his usual first place. Tommy McCollum captain of the Ranchers is still bothered with a bad leg and will be unable to do much in tho short d...

-?.: fy-irr r 1 v . . - - - Tffll SIMMONS BRAND .fV Us li f 4 it ir r fcy r--t f.. i rocsb All Students Eligible For Oratorical Contest Set For April 30; Rules Given The third contest fdr the Brooks Oratorical .Medal will be held in Sim- mons University Monday evening. April 30. This contest Is open to both men and "women who are at tho pres ent tlmo regularly enrolled in the college of liberal arts of Simmons University. It is not .necessary that contestants shall bo members' of one of the Oratorical andDobating conn- . ells to mtr this- contest. - The winner of tho contest will be awarded during commencement a beautiful handsomely engraved gold medal by Mr. H. P. Brooks of Brooks Dry Gods Company a loyal friend and supporter of Simmons University. The .medal was won last year by Paul Higginbotham and tho previous year by Luther Kinard. The contestants must use original orations of their own production and the oration must not have been used in a former contest. The' subject cho se...

ffiu tmroonsBnrafl ' VOLUME XII SIMMONS UNIVERSITY ABILENE SATURDAY APRIL 21 1928 No. 27 .i zi The Branding Iron W. J. POWELL Homo from the recital: My Vocabulary docs not contain such adjectives as charming delight- ful sweet etc.; rather they run to dern good -knockouts and the like. Kitty's. "Legende" got my first vote but her "Avo Maria" was riding closo hord on the "Lo- gende." I liked Aida's "In Autumn" and I think I should have liked her "Love In April" better (don't get me wrong) If there had not been a bunch of chipmunks sitting around chowing Wm. Wrlgley into possession of another Cata- lina Island. A good tlmo was hacT by all oven tho faculty member. Any of the candidates who wish help in this column had better see mo at onco. "The Daily Tex- an" publishes tho requirements of students who seek office. Uni- versities aro demanding qualifica- tions and Simmons will have to meet it with ability. You would like to spend a week with Will Rogers but would you vote for him for P...

-K ..- - . ' S'5 wr j. l& .fc 1- 6- rK v- TIES BIMMONB BRAND 1 ''-"' Hi ScKool Athletes H&e lri-Sat. For Dist League Meet Mora than three hundred athletes frbirt schools scattered over thirteen I counties win be. visitors in uimmons Saturday as they hold their annual district track Meet on I'arramore Field and seek to bear away tho cham- pionship Irom the Eagles of Abilene High who have been supreme in this event for the 'past eight years. Balrd High .coached by Pliny Armour formerly a star athlete at Slmmons.bids for first honors in the dashes and. will probably offer stiff opposition in .other events as well. itoscoo apparently has a uro win in weights as Adams of that school gets closo to 'fifty feet on the twelve- pound shot1 put and is also good on the. discus and Javelin. L Abllono High has a wealth of good material for all events. Smith repre- sents tho school in tho dashes and is .also a contender in tho weights. An- drus runs the hurdles and is getting near tho" sta...

TBI UMMONS BRAND r t f Broob JDm (Scods XSa WHO'S WHO IN THE SIM- MONS UNIVERBITY ROUND TABLE CLUD (Continued from Pago 2.) tered the Southwestern Seminary at Fort Worth where Mr. Stulco took his degree in Gospel Music. They came to Abilene in 1019. and Mrs. Stulco has studied in Simmons. She has been active in choir and Sunday School work in the First Baptist Church and became a member of the Round Table in 1020. Mrs. William James Work is a native of Mississippi having1 become a member of tho Club in 1020. She received her B.A. and M. A. decree from Mississippi State' College for Women. Bno nas aono posi-graauaw work Jn piano Public School music and oriran in Chicatro and in Colo rado. She was Director of Music in schools of Greenwood and Hatties burr Mississippi and also organist at the First Sadist Churches of these places and of Pino Bluff Arkansas before coming to Texas. She now teaches Public School Music Methods and Sight Singing in Simmons. Mrs. Jewel Tabor Swanzy was born ...

'..' '.V V 79 "V 8 .'-'J. Till 8IMM0N8 BRAND &.;. tiM &' W' ft l.-t. ' S" r K . 1 h ?ii r ir 'm Si r v . QoWboys Annex Two In First Spring Football Games m Double Bill .'' i Friday in Practice f THts With Eagles jjFirst Intercollegiate Spring Excitement :$?.'' bf George .Glaiher Afiout two thousand non-cdmmUtai speciators saw much good and bad .football displayed ;on Parramore' Field lait Friday afternoon whn Simmons' first ahd second oleyons chalked up a." double victory over tho Denton r 'Eagles in the first intercollegiate spring football game; In the South. After playing indifferently in the first half the varsity squad scored two touchdowns and a 15-0 victory by hard straight football in the. second period while the Bcconds scored 10-0 In' ia) .freakish contest Chat provided more excitement for tho crowd than did 'the first clash. jn; tha first game a blocked punt recovered by an Eagle behind his. own line gave the Cowboys a 2-polnt .mar- gin which was good until the cl...

TS1 MKMONB MUKD EV t C. w PredtlDrft 5ood$ d jie Breed Leaves . wfFWWork Jet Bred b$BwBianaBr of the Brimd lft school last week to Uko a petition at his hoipe in Floydada Tents reed has sufficient credits to re eeWe his A. B decreo In June and Wded to leave school Wore this tain was out. Joe has been in Simmons for the Mat -few years .earning here from Fleydada High Schol in the Fall of "21 During his student career he has been very active In extra-curricula ac- tivities and is one of the most popu- lar wen In the senior class. Besides serving as business mana- ger of the Brand Breed has served as chairman of two important commit- tees for his class this year the invi- tation committee and the gift com- mittee. Last year Breed was business man ager of the Corral and a member of the Bronco staff. He is a member. of the scholarship society and the B. S U. Council He will return the first of June to participate in commencement exercises and receive his degree. Bernard Bale will act as ...